









































37

Anglican/Episcopal
Patrick Milas, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Convener

MEMBERS PRESENT 

• Patrick Milas, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Convener
• Daniel Baek, Vancouver School of Theology

• Mitzi Budde, Virginia Theological Seminary
• Patrick Cates, General Theological Seminary
• Susanah Hanson, Trinity School for Ministry 
• Brad Hess, Virginia Theological Seminary   

CALL TO ORDER

Members of the Anglican/Episcopal Denominational Group met at 
1PM Eastern on Monday, June 21, 2021, via Zoom.

2021/2022 WORSHIP PLANS

Patrick Milas mentioned the noonday prayer gathering we had 
during Advent. Members expressed interest in hosting a service in 
Baltimore, MD during the 2022 annual conference should it be held 
in-person.

GROUP LEADERSHIP

Patrick Milas called for nominations for the role of convener. Milas 
was encouraged to continue serving as convener.



38  A NNUA L Y E A RBOOK

INSTITUTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL UPDATES

Patrick Milas, Sage Library at New Brunswick Theological 
Seminary 
The Seminary has recently undergone two self-studies for accredita-
tion and is also involved in a digitization project with Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary.  The campus will be reopening for the fall semester.

Daniel Baek, Vancouver Theological Seminary
A new Dean is coming to Vancouver Theological Seminary and enroll-
ment is up.

Mitzi Budde, Payne Library at Virginia Theological Seminary
The renovation project at the Bishop Payne Library is nearing 
completion, and resources were being reshelved at the time of the 
Zoom meeting.  The library staff plans for the library to reopen by 
the August term, 2021.  Mitzi Budde also reported that Virginia Theo-
logical Seminary is preparing for its bicentennial in 2023.  

Patrick Cates, General Theological Seminary
General Theological Seminary’s Dean and President has retired. It 
has an interim Dean for two years. The Seminary is exploring a part-
nership with Virginia Seminary. 

Susanah Hanson, Trinity School for Ministry
The Trinity School for Ministry has been open as hybrid since fall 
2020. Susanah will be pursuing a ThD at Evangelical Seminary, focus-
ing on theology of disability. 

MATTERS ARISING

• Mitzi Budde raised the question of what others were doing with 
diocesan newsletters and reports. This led to the suggestion 
that perhaps Virginia Theological Seminary and General Theo-
logical Seminary should compare holdings and mutually divide 
holdings between the two libraries to ensure full coverage but 
to reduce overlap and to reclaim library shelf space.  It was 
mentioned that it was a shame that the Episcopal Archives was 
not functional/available for such a project; otherwise, that would 
be an ideal central location for diocesan papers to be held and 



Denominational Group Meetings  39

digitized. Daniel Baek mentioned that the Anglican Archives in 
Canada preserves Canadian diocesan publications.

• There was a discussion about book scanners, with mentions 
of their cost and the staffing needs to carry out scanning.  The 
Tabletop Scribe scanner was mentioned, with its costs for general 
rental and per scanned-page charge.

• Mitzi Budde asked what others were doing regarding the weed-
ing back runs of periodicals.  Patrick Milas said that his policy 
was to weed only if the periodical could be found in two elec-
tronic sources: for example, EBSCO and Hathi Trust.

CONCLUSION

The meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. 

2020-2021 GROUP: [pictured, left to right] Brad Hess, Mitzi Budde, Susanah Hanson, 
Daniel Baek, Patrick Cates, Parick Milas


